Not being familiar with it, it took me a couple of minutes to work out
how to place it on the mouthpiece in the correct place. Which is a minor
detail (otherwise you wont be able to blow a note correctly).

It came with an exercise sheet where you start on Low Bb, and play it 4 times like in the instructions shown on the jpg above.
Then you move chromatcally up the sax etc…

You do need a tuner, to make sure that you are blowing the correct pitch and in tune, ie not flat or sharp.

Ok, it took me about 5 minutes to blow a Low Bb properly. I managed to
work my way up to middle F above middle C. Once you’ve worked our how to
blow a note correctly it’s a lot easier.

The hard bit is controlling the note with wind from the diaphragm,
and believe me it does make a difference, its the only way you can
actually feel that you are using the diaphragm properly, and you
cant blow a note without using the diaphragm.

Amazing device, can’t fault it, forget all this crap about opening the
throat and blowing hot air. When you blow a note using the Aurus 7, you
are using the diaphragm to hold the pitch in tune, and i was amazed to
see the tuner needle exactly spot on with no wavering when blowing out
for a count of 4 beats.

The amazing thing is it shows you that when you are using the diaphragm
properly to blow out, you get such a lot easier steady pitch with no needle wavering on the tuner.

But and a big but, when take the aurus 7 off, the difference in playing is
staggering, you get a far bigger sound, the tone is miles better, and the
embouchure is so much more relaxed, that it makes the reed so much more
responsive.

What i did notice, was that i had to relax my fingers a hell of a lot
more as they weren’t used to playing with such a relaxed embouchure.So
at times, fingers were slightly out of sync with blowing which was a
strange feeling – just like when you drive a different car, you take sometime to adjust to the foot pedals.

It’s definitely a warm up exercise, you wouldn’t want to play
longer than 10 minutes, otherwise you may get light headed.
You will notice a HUGE difference in the sax tone , loudeness,
faster response of the reed, and so much easier to flatten or sharpen a
pitch, and a way more relaxed top lip, and a hell of a lot steadier pitch.

I couldn’t believe the difference, i can see why sax and clarinet
teachers are using them with students of all levels of playing.

Thumbs up from me, will definitely carry on using it

my teacher showed me the aurus 7 last week, and i was very sceptical
about it, especialy the price tag, his response was, wouldn’t you
give anything a try to see if it might improve your sound?

I initially thought, it’s going to be one of those things that you have
to practice doing for several weeks before you notice a difference.
I noticed the difference straight away. couldn’t believe it.

i’m waiting for a reed made out of boomerangs,
so i can enjoy the sound returning to me
when i play the sax. lol